minicom

the USAGE of  minicom on CentOS 5

minicom is a good tool in Linux system, which can connect to your target via serial port.
but how to make it work on CentOS 5 ?

if the system tell you '/dev/modem' is not found ：

[root@localhost Desktop]# minicom minicom: WARNING: configuration file not found, using defaults Device /dev/modem access failed: 没有那个文件或目录. You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root

please run this :

ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem

Ctrl A + Z to config minicom

choose O option to config serial:115200 8N1(different devices have different values ),change you device name to /dev/ttyS0 rather than /dev/modem,Save & Exit.